Rail Share Rail Grade Crossing Safety Initiatives

Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, FTA, provides an update on the current safety landscape, grade crossing initiatives and partnerships.

American Public Transportation Association Safety Spotlight Webinar — November 17, 2022

Joe DeLorenzo, Associate Administrator for Transit Safety and Oversight & Chief Safety Officer, FTA provided an overview of the 2022 FTA State Safety Oversight and Rail Transit Agency Hybrid Workshop, special directives on Risk-Based Inspection Programs and the upcoming Public Transportation...

PTASP TAC Update: November 2022

This issue of the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan (PTASP) Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Update focuses on Employee Safety Reporting Programs (ESRP).

Mobility on Demand Sandbox Demonstration: Pierce Transit Limited Access Connections Evaluation Report Summary

This document summarizes an independent evaluation of the Pierce Transit Limited Access Connections Mobility On Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration. In this MOD Sandbox project, Pierce Transit, in partnership with Sound Transit and Lyft, implemented a first/last-mile service to provide access to...

Mobility on Demand Sandbox Demonstration: Pierce Transit Limited Access Connections Evaluation (Report 0237)

This report presents the results of an independent evaluation of the Pierce Transit Limited Access Connections Mobility On Demand (MOD) Sandbox Demonstration. In this MOD Sandbox project, Pierce Transit, in partnership with Sound Transit and Lyft, implemented a first/last-mile service to provide...

Campbellton Community Investment Corridor BRT

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) proposes to implement fixed-guideway bus rapid transit (BRT) service along a six-mile corridor from the Oakland City MARTA rail station to the Barge Road Park & Ride facility in southwest Atlanta, Georgia, including serving the...

FTA Safety Advisory 22-3: Steering Gearbox Bolt Failure

FTA issued Safety Advisory 22-3: Steering Gearbox Bolt Failure to recommend that transit agencies identify Nova Bus models manufactured in 2018 or later that use a Bosch steering gearbox affixed to the vehicle frame through a mounting plate and perform inspections, as recommended by Nova Bus. In...

TSO Spotlight November 2022 Issue

FTA's November 2022 Transit Safety and Oversight Spotlight Newsletter highlights FTA's State Safety Oversight and Rail Transit Agency Hybrid Workshop, FTA's recently issued Risk-Based Inspection Program Special Directives, Fiscal Year 2021 COVID-19 financial spot reviews, the Transit Advisory...

2022 AASHTO MTAP Winter Meeting

FTA’s Top DBE Findings From Oversight Reviews

FTA’s Nicholas Sun, from the Office of Civil Rights, provided an overview of program oversight and FTA’s top Disadvantaged Business Enterprise findings from its oversight reviews.